Chicken meatloaf

less than thirty mins

The Hairy Bikers' made this meatloaf for Meat Loaf on Saturday Kitchen.

less than 30 mins

Ingredients

For the meatloaf

For the glaze

Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas four.

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the onion and saut for a few minutes until finally soft and starting to consider on some colour. Add the garlic and cook for a more minute. Eliminate from the heat and depart to great.

Place the chicken in a big bowl and season with salt and pepper. Include the chopped bacon, oregano, zest, mustard, cream and breadcrumbs, followed by the cooled onion and garlic. Include the egg and stir every thing with each other extensively.

Consider a little piece of the mixture and fry it. Taste and change the seasoning and any other flavours accordingly.

For the glaze, place all the substances into a saucepan and season with salt and pepper. Heat by way of gently and set aside.

Consider half the chicken mixture, and mould it onto a baking tray, employing the size of a loaf pan for guidance and making it as even as you can. Place the cheese down the centre, generating positive you leave a border all the way round, then prime with the remaining chicken mixture, creating up round the sides and producing sure it is effectively sealed as you don’t want the cheese leaking out. You must end up with a slightly domed loaf. Brush on some of the glaze.

Reduce the bacon slices in half and stretch with the back of a knife. Every slice should attain from the base of 1 side, above the best and to the bottom of the other side. Brush with a minor more of the glaze.

Bake for 30 minutes, then get rid of and brush with the remaining glaze. Bake for a more 30 minutes, by which time the meatloaf need to be cooked through with nicely crisp bacon. Serve in thick slices.